ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,493, issued on Feb. 10.

"Misting fan" was invented by Zhenji Lin (Puning, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A misting fan includes a base, a fan bracket, a driving device and a misting assembly. One end of the fan bracket is arranged on the base and is rotatably connected to the base; a fan main body is arranged at another end of the fan bracket. The driving device is arranged on the base, is connected to the fan bracket, and is configured to drive the fan bracket to rotate. The misting assembly is arranged on the fan main body, and a misting direction of the misting assembly is the same as an air outlet direction of the fan main ...